On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Copied and Photoshopped Deep Fake Photos Not that anyone cares, but certain “news” feeds on the Internet continue to mislead readers with clickbait gambits to lure them into informational stories that have nothing...
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On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On The Map…Again!!! Maps, mapping, staring at maps, and using them as informative tools have always been integral to a footloose wanderer who usually consulted with them before planning an...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Scariest Things Random thoughts of Africa came in a dream last night, so the Footloose Forester decided to stitch a few of them together in a chronicle that might be labeled The Scariest Things . First...
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Joyce and Ted left their wedding reception at 8.00 pm and headed for the foreshore at Glenelg South Australia where they shared a serve of chips. They then headed for the Grosvenor Hotel on North Terrace, Adelaide, for the night where they were showered with confetti and upgraded to a suite....
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Ruth and Murdoch travelled via Melbourne to Tasmania and sailed on the Princess of Tasmania across Bass Straight. They spent two weeks touring and highlights were Port Arthur and the Hobart Casino.
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After the wedding at 483 Magill Road, Tranmere, Judith and Steve planned their 'round Australia' honeymoon on their weekend at Carrickalinga . They set off in their short-wheel base Toyota along the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne, then Canberra and up the east coast of Australia, visiting friends on the way....
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[While I was serving my mission in The Netherlands, I received a letter dated 17 Dec 1964 from my grandfather's niece (my cousin, Ardes Adams) which read: ". . . We expect a big day on your grandpa's birthday. . . . Your mother and I wrote a ditty about him...
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Bills talks about his long service in the Infantry during the Second World War, serving in Tobruk, Libya, Alemain, New Guinea and Borneo. He also tells us how the War dominates his thoughts as he gets older.
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Jill talks about the many interests she has enjoyed over her life. First and foremost are her husband, four children and grandchildren, Other interests include, reading, jigsaw puzzles and her travels to Hong Kong, China, USA and Thailand and other interesting places. Jill also tells us about the significant work...
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On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek T for Turkey Footloose Forester had a special interest in Turkey because he knew several people who were posted there as Peace Corps Volunteers. The Turkey volunteers had lived and trained with the Pakistan Foresters...
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On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A is for Afghanistan His urge to visit Afghanistan was precisely as James Michener described in his book "Caravans." That was many years ago and he has forgotten just what Michener said in the book...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek L is for Lesotho Three days on horseback is just enough time to get the point that not everywhere in Lesotho can be reached by road. Miles of green pastures and not a few shrubby patches...
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On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek U is for Uganda The first sight he ever had of a dik-dik was up close, real close. His old E-Mail nickna me “DikDik” comes as no coincidence. It was a hint of Africa and...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek To Russia, With Gloves When we think of Siberia, we imagine a cold and desolate place, but nothing shocked him as much as seeing frozen streambeds in the middle of October. Flying over Siberia was...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Dominican Republic As a country right next door to Haiti, and occupying about 2/3 of the Island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic was also a pleasure in contrasts. The Footloose Forester went there...
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On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek G for Greece Greece was on his bucket list of places to see well before the popular concept of “things to do and things to see before one kicks the bucket” was made into a...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek M is for Madagascar Madagascar is so puzzling as a nation that even the people who live there generally acknowledge t hat it would be meaningful to divide up the island into four distinct regions....
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Canyon on the Feather River Of several trips to the large property on the Feather River, one of them turned into a real adventure. A land owner wanted his square mile of land...
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On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Horses and Mules Once in a while making a trip by horseback was preferable to walking, but not always. The Footloose Forester was only a sometimes rider, so never got comfortable enough around horses...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek G is for Ghana Only after Ghana defeated the United States in World Cup soccer in 2006 did it occur to the Footloose Forester that a Ghana story might get somebody’s attention. The name Ghana...
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